Goal: Punish the person who allegedly neglected a dog until she nearly starved.

A dog reportedly endured neglect and starvation so severe that she nearly wasted away. Found on a street corner, the pit-terrier mix was seemingly so emaciated that her ribs clearly showed. Demand justice for this innocent animal.

“I cannot be any clearer than this. You abuse, neglect or abandon an animal and cannot be a responsible dog owner, we will hold you responsible. This is not going to be tolerated in Butler County,” stated Sheriff Richard Jones of the Butler County Sheriff’s Office. The county’s dog wardens reportedly found the un-spayed female canine on the street, her body so emaciated that they could count every rib and fit almost an entire hand around her waist. Though she had no identifying tags or chips, an appeal to the public resulted in the arrest of 43-year-old Kyle Hayes, the person believed to be responsible for this apparent cruelty.

The dog is recovering at a veterinary hospital. Hayes has been charged with cruelty to a companion animal. Sign below and demand that he receives the maximum penalty possible, if convicted of this apparent neglect.

PETITION LETTER:

Dear Prosecutor Gmoser,

A dog nearly died of starvation when she was allegedly neglected by the person meant to provide her with care and support. Found on a street corner, she was reportedly so emaciated that an officer could almost fit an entire hand around her shrunken waist and every one of her ribs clearly showed. An appeal to the public resulted in the arrest of 43-year-old Kyle Hayes and he will face his charge at a later date.

Starvation is an extremely unpleasant way to die and this poor dog seemingly endured this suffering for a considerable amount of time. I demand that you prosecute this case and seek the maximum penalty for the person found legally responsible.

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A dog reportedly endured neglect and starvation so severe that she nearly wasted away. Found on a street corner, the pit-terrier mix was seemingly so emaciated that her ribs clearly showed. Demand justice for this innocent animal.

These subhumans should be put into oubliettes – a very narrow and *very deep* hole in the ground where the only entrance/exit is a trap door far far above so escape is impossible.
Sometimes prisoners in these oubliettes would get scraps of food, but normally they are thrown in there and forgotten (as the name suggests) to slowly starve to death.

This evil sub human scum of the earth must serve JAIL time and be banned from ever having or going near any animal again. Sick of these bastards getting away with a joke of a “sentence” or probation. The law must get much tougher and set real examples to deter these sick psychos. JAIL every time, for a long time. It’s murder and attempted murder and torture of a living animal and must not be tolerated. JUSTICE is demanded for innocent animals!!

This level of human evil has to be stopped and the monsters responsible HAVE to be persecuted. No animal should go thru any kind of cruelty. We have the power for the voiceless, let’s do something to save them, save them all.

Just kill this evil piece of shit because decent society can do without his kind in the world. if a person can inflict such atrocities on any animal it tells me he has no soul and will do this again without question. That poor furbaby it breaks my heart that she had to suffer but glad she’s getting the medical care and love she so desperately deserves. Not all humans are bad sweet girl 💖💖🐾🐾

Come on law enforcers; lawyers. We have a felony law in effect and those caught and tried are still getting a slap on the wrist; if even that.
The more you allow such outcomes the more you support abuse, giving the green light to such twisted scum to continue their abhorent behavior. No excuses any more.

The lowlife who starved this dog should be forced to pay for ALL her medical bills and all costs for shelter or rescue to keep her until the furever loving home she deserves is found. Even if it means waiting until he is released from prison assuming he serves for felony animal cruelty, he should be forced to pay for all her medical treatments, procedures – anything she needed so she could heal and recover successfully. Rescues and shelters never have enough funding so let criminals who abuse animals pay for whatever medical treatments they need, let the perpetrator pay whoever is taking care of her and her bills when he is released from prison or if he doesn’t get sentenced to prison make him pay for all she needs ASAP even if it means they are forced to pick up poop!!!!!!!! Point is, make them work it off and pay the medical bill!!!!!!!

UPHOLD the FELONY Law we have for Heaven Sake!!! We all worked so hard to get it there!!! NO MORE tiny nothing sentences!!!!!!!! THIS LOW LIFE Maggot, has NOTHING to contribute to our world. He sentenced this precious fur baby to suffer and she would have died!!! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, sentence to the MAX, never to be near an animal ever again. Karma needs to get Hayes ASAP for the right JUSTICE SO NEEDED!!!! Wish death for this trash scum, in the worst way! Prayers for this fur baby to one day find a loving forever home.

First, I applaud the sheriff of Butler County. I hope we come to a point in time where all law enforcement personnel have this attitude towards animal abuse.
Second, someone who is 43 knows better than to do this and knows that shelters exist if you can’t afford to feed a dog. Therefore, this man should be prosecuted for the highest charge possible and, if found guilty, should be sentenced to the fullest extent allowed by law.

What a great statement from the sheriff!! Now let us pray that the prosecutor feels the same way. Crime would probably come to an abrupt halt if only “an eye for an eye” were the penalty. Personally, I thought this was all written too mildly! That poor animal’s ribs were more than merely showing. I agree that the punishment for doing this to an animal should be EXACTLY the same as the punishment for doing this to a human animal – why should there be any difference at all? This was human depravity. I love the comments above!

OMG, why are humans so cruel,vile,evil, sadistic and inhumane? This poor dog did not deserve to be abused, tortured and almost killed.
Kyle Hayes you are a evil MONSTER who must be severely punished for what you did. WE THE PUBLIC DEMAND JUSTICE FOR THIS BABY AND THAT MEANS 2-3 YEARS JAIL TIME FOR YOU, FINED A HUGE AMOUNT, PLUS THE VET CARE FOR THE DOG UNTIL SHE IS ADOPTED TO A WONDERFUL NEW HOME AND BANNED FROM EVER HAVING ANIMALS.
THERE IS A SPECIAL PLACE IN HELL WAITING FOR KH so better change our was now!